飽

音読おんよみ: ホウ

訓読くんよみ:きる・あかす

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: しょくへん(飠)

Meaning

Fed up / Grow weary / Get tired of / Have enough of / Satiate

  • きる — to get tired of; to grow weary of something
  • き — boredom; being fed up; loss of interest
  • 飽食ほうしょく — overeating; plenty of food; “stuffed” society
  • 飽和ほうわ — saturation; being filled to capacity
  • きる — to get tired of eating something

With the food radical , originally pictures a belly that can’t take any more — “I’m full, I’ve had enough.” From physical fullness, the meaning expanded to mental and emotional saturation: being fed up or tired of something.

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